Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening is an open-world survival game set on the desert planet Arrakis. Players create a custom character and must manage thirst, maintain stillsuits, and contend with environmental hazards like…
Dune: Awakening is an adventure developed by Funcom, released 10 June 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 253.5 hrs to finish.
What Dune: Awakening is
Dune: Awakening is an adventure game developed by Funcom and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides was never born, Lady Jessica obeys the Bene Gesserit and bears a daughter named Ariste instead of a son. Her loyalty earns her training as a Truthsayer, and she uncovers the betrayal of Dr. Wellington Yueh before it can unfold. House Atreides survives under Duke Leto's leadership but becomes locked in a prolonged War of Assassins against House Harkonnen on the desert planet Arrakis. Meanwhile, the Fremen have vanished following a brutal purge by the Emperor's Sardaukar forces. Into this fractured world, a lone agent working undercover for the Bene Gesserit arrives on Arrakis with a singular mission: find the missing Fremen and awaken the Sleeper…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player. There are 72 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Frank Herbert's Dune series
Dune: Awakening is the 14th of 15 entries we hold in the Frank Herbert's Dune series. The next entry was Dune: Imperium - Uprising in 2026. Its critic score of 89 is 17 points above the series average of 72. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Dune: Awakening holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 9 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 253.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 500 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon 5600XT (6 GB). A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 60GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Philippines is the cheapest region we track at ₱1,799.00 (about $28.65), while Germany pays €49.99 — 2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 30 on Steam, which is about $29.99.
What it launched against
Dune: Awakening launched on 10 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Elden Ring Nightreign and Mario Kart World. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Elden Ring Nightreign, Mario Kart World.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dune: Awakening yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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